[exnavy]

Very sad.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I guess the doctor was correct..

[dfwgator]

Somebody’s gonna get sued.

[vbmoneyspender]

So the doctor sent the note that said Lubitz wasn’t fit to work as an airline pilot to Lubitz and not to the airline?

[gspurlock]

Now wait a minute - a doctor legitimately found this young man unfit for his job, due to mental instability. . .and they informed the mentally unstable man in writing that he was going to lose his job, but never informed the employer? I’m not buying it. . .something fishy there.

[Yaelle]

I guess from now on they will allow medical professionals to speak to airlines if a patient is unfit. At least in Germany. Here, that would be a huge break of HIIPA.

[Ingtar]

I wonder if he was depressed because he had recently converted to Islam, or converted to Islam because he was depressed. (Going by the earlier German reports.)

[txrefugee]

If his parents knew that he was nuts and didn’t turn him in, they have blood on their hands and should be tried and convicted. So many people lost part of their families because of this man who knew he was unfit to fly.

[SkyDancer]

By the time the lawyers get through with that airline it’ll be toast.

[wtd]

Heavy.com: Andreas Lubitz ‘Depression': 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

• 1. He Suffered From an ‘Existing Illness’ But Not Depression

• 2. Lubitz Had Ordered 2 Audis for Him & His Fiancee

• 3. In 2009, He Postponed His Lufthansa Training (Getty)

• 4. Sufferers From Depression Are Outraged That the Massacre Is Being Tied to Depression

• 5. Authorities Have Found 400-600 Pieces of Human Remains So Far

  *****

  If not depression, was he schizophrenic? Given his initial bout with 'burn out' six years earlier, it seems to fit the typical age pattern of onset.

[samtheman]

Either a doctor or an airline executive or both needs to be tarred and feathered.

[fruser1]

From the article:

“Pilots are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell their airline if they’re found unfit”

Sounds like a big loophole to me if they’re depending on “self-reporting”.

Too bad speeding tickets don’t work that way.

[zeestephen]

I keep seeing “Comments” at MSM news websites that the pilot was a recent convert to Islam.

One of the Comments specifically referenced the pilot's Facebook page.

Has this been verified by anyone?

The Muslim connection was my first thought when I heard about the other pilot being locked out of the cockpit, and the controlled descent of the plane into the mountains.

The MSM has put a total blackout on the Muslim issue - if it really is true.

[McGruff]

It’s all starting to make sense now.

[Baynative]

I don’t know how Euro courts work, but the sure to come lawsuits are likely to bury Lufthansa.

[Nowhere Man]

They need to bring back flight engineers. At least if they had one, he could have bopped the co-pilot and took over until the pilot came back in or he could let him in.

[tinyowl]

Lie.

[ronnie raygun]

Here is where confidentiality is abused.